Detection of Postoperative Cognitive Decline After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery is Affected by the Number of Neuropsychological Tests in the Assessment Battery Matthew S. Lewis, BAppSc Hons, Paul Maruff, PhD, Brendan S. Silbert, MBBS, FANZCA, Lis A. Evered, BS, David A. Scott, MBBS, FANZCA, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 81, Issue 6, Pages 2097-2104 (June 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.044 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Incidence of decline (percentages) detected using every unique combination of neuropsychological tests for each number of tests. (CABG = coronary artery bypass graft; SD = standard deviation.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 2097-2104DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.044) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Mean incidence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD [percentage of valid cases]) classified in coronary artery bypass graft patients (diamonds on dashed line) and control subjects (triangles on solid line) at each number of tests. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 2097-2104DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.044) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions